Neighborhoods

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About New Orleans

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Nightlife

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Festivals

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New Orleans Cocktails

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Traditional New Orleans Foods

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Mar 3 - 7, 2015

Southwest Airlines to Start Non-stop Service to San Diego from New Orleans

Southwest Airlines to Start Non-stop
Service to San Diego from New Orleans

(NEW
ORLEANS, LA) - After
announcing about 1.4 million more seats last winter in New Orleans, Southwest
Airlines is increasing air service from the New Orleans market with new
non-stop service to San Diego, CA beginning on April 8, 2014 on their 737
aircraft.

Southwest currently operates 46
flights from New Orleans. Air Tran Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Southwest, operates 7 daily flights. Southwest (together with AirTran) is
the largest airline in the New Orleans market with over 42% of the market share
at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Another new non-stop
destination in 2014 for Southwest will include Atlanta beginning Jan. 7.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu stated, "This
additional air service is great news for our city. I believe it shows that the
demand for service to New Orleans continues to grow. Demand is always the key
in gaining new air service to a community."

"The maiden flight to San Diego will increase our service
to the great state of California", said New Orleans Aviation Board Chairwoman
Cheryl Teamer. "We anticipate this flight will be very popular with our
traveling public."

"This makes for the eight announcement of non-stop
service from New Orleans in last three years which includes two international
flights. New Orleans region's robust growth shows up in Airport numbers and it
is significant win for our community," stated Iftikhar Ahmad, Director of
Aviation for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. "The new San
Diego destination brings the number of non-stop destinations from New Orleans
on all of the airlines that serve us to a total of 39."